PRESSURE: Rival Advanced Micro Devices has its own factory plans, but Intel is leading the way with a new facility using 45-nanometer chipmaking technology
In the latest display of its manufacturing might, Intel Corp is opening a US$3 billion factory in the US, widening its lead over smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) in the industry's switch to a new chipmaking technique.

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NEC Corp began worldwide sales yesterday of a supercomputer it said would challenge world leaders IBM Corp and Cray Inc.

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China's economy expanded at a blistering pace in the third quarter, the government said yesterday, even as it declared that the immediate overheating risk had receded thanks to a series of control measures.

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By Joyce Huang
The local banking sector's asset quality inched up with its non-performing loan (NPL) ratio dropping 0.08 percentage points month-on-month to 2.16 percent last month, Financial Supervisory Commission statistics showed yesterday.

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By Lisa Wang
Acer Inc, the world's fourth-largest computer vendor, yesterday posted nearly 30 percent growth for third quarter net income on robust demand.

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LOOKING UP: The world's top contract chipmaker expects revenues to grow to top NT$94 billion in the fourth quarter, driven by robust computer sector demand
By Lisa Wang
The world's top contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), yesterday posted its highest quarterly earnings of the past four quarters as prices stabilized on recovering demand, but the company plans to sharply lower capital spending next year.

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By Joyce Huang
The Cabinet's lifting of the ban on locally managed onshore funds and discretionary accounts investing in Chinese and Hong Kong stock markets on Wednesday is unlikely to further fuel capital flight to China, financial regulators said yesterday.

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By Jessie Ho
Powerchip Semiconductor Corp (力晶半導體), the nation's largest maker of computer memory chips, yesterday posted its second consecutive quarterly loss, after chip prices hit the bottom by a glut.

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